Indian food, especially to please the eye, then - the nose, and finally, language. Homemade bread, sweets of various shapes and colors, soup and vegetables, decorated with lemon slices and fresh coriander leaves, delight your eyes. The aroma of spices and fresh ingredients for pleasant smelling, and spicy dishes in conjunction with the dishes, not flavored with spices, the taste pleasure in language.
If you want to eat like they do in India, then sit on the floor, instead of using a seat pad, mat or pillow, and put a tackle in front of him on a low table. Start recording with Indian music to create a pleasant atmosphere.
According to Vedic tradition, during the meal completely eliminated the use of alcoholic beverages. Taste prasadam helps awaken the soul and cleanse the senses, whereas any intoxicating and narcotic substances have the opposite effect. If they have contributed to cleanse our minds, all true yoga would drink and smoke, but they do not. Alcohol dulls human and prevents feel fine taste of vegetarian dishes. Therefore it is best to drink during dinner plain water or a drink, recipes are given in this book. According to Vedic custom, after a meal or drink no tea, no coffee. Instead, taken to chew fennel or anise seeds with seeds of cardamom - it refreshes the mouth and helps digestion.
During the meal is not necessary to use cutlery. Indians typically eat with his right hand (left hand is used to wash the body, and right - in order to feed it). Type of food, its smell, taste and texture prepare the stomach to digest this food, and help provide the necessary digestive juices. Fingers and Indian food as if made for each other, otherwise how you could take a piece of chapatti a few vegetables, filled with sauce, and send them into their mouths, not dropping a single drop at the same time? Of course, if you wish, you can use the usual cutlery. |